How to send an imessage text with applescript, only in provided service?

Question

Can somebody show me how to send a message directly to the user of iMessage via Messages app?

tell application "Messages"
    if service type of service of buddy whose name is ("Name here" is "iMessage") then set x to 1
    if service type of service of buddy whose name is ("Name here" is "iMessage") then set x to 2
    if service type of service of buddy whose name is ("Name here" is "iMessage") then set x to 3

    send "Message" to buddy "mail of name" of service x
end tell

I need to send a message to an account only via iMessage, not via google talk, AIM, bonjour. Thank you!

Solution 1

Instead of having to hard-code the iMessage service, you can find it automatically:

1. Save the following script as sendMessage.applescript (Note: make sure to choose the Text option).
2. Execute it by running: osascript sendMessage.applescript 1235551234 "Hello there!".
3. This will send an iMessage to the phone number 123-555-1234 containing the text "Hello there!".

sendMessage.applescript:

on run {targetBuddyPhone, targetMessage}
    tell application "Messages"
        set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
        set targetBuddy to buddy targetBuddyPhone of targetService
        send targetMessage to targetBuddy
    end tell
end run

Solution 2

As far as I do understand it you cannot start a new conversation via AppleScript. Thus the Buddy and the service must fit together and must have an ongoing conversation.

If you have the name of the buddy you could do the following

tell application "Messages"
    get name of service of buddy "Buddy Name"
end tell

This will return the service name that fits to the buddy. Of course you could also use the the service id. But I like to use the name.

In the end you will be able to send a message with

tell application "Messages"
    send "Text of Message" to buddy "+43 555 XXXXXXX" of service "E:[email protected]"
end tell

Solution 3

This script will send a message every 10~30 seconds

tell application "Messages"

    set targetBuddy to "[phone]"
    set targetService to id of 1st service whose service type = iMessage

    repeat

        set textMessage to "Hi there!"

        set theBuddy to buddy targetBuddy of service id targetService
        send textMessage to theBuddy

        delay (random number from 10 to 30)

    end repeat

end tell

Solution 4

tell application "Messages"
    set myid to get id of first service
    set theBuddy to buddy "[email protected]" of service id myid
    send "Washer Done!" to theBuddy
end tell

I had the same question and after some searching I found the answer. In order for the "first service" to be iMessage you will need to go into iMessage Preferences Accounts and re-order the iMessage account to be the first one. After that this works like a charm.

This will also start a conversation if there is not one existing.

Hope that helps!

Solution 5

Examples:

get services
get name of services
get buddies
get name of buddies 

Your line:

send "Test-Message" to buddy "buddy" of service "service"

seems to work if "buddy" and "service" is valid.

I have my iMessage with my Apple-ID registered, so when I execute "get name of services" I get for this service a string like

"E:[email protected]"

which I can use for "service". Buddy is just the name of your buddy, also as pure text. See "get name of buddies".

Hope it works!

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